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Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
laborious 
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 | [序,先驱,先导] introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| [艰苦的,勤劳的] demanding much work or care; tedious |
| [消遣,娱乐] something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement |
| [哺乳动物] warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair |
merge
2
| [(使)合并,(使)融合] combine or join together, or to cause things to do this; unite |
| [忧郁] gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression |
| [突变,变异] change; alteration, either in form or qualities. |
| [打击] striking one object against another sharply |
meticulous
3
| [哺乳动物] warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair |
| [必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding |
| [泥土] crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
| [小心翼翼的] excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details |
mould
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| [前任,前辈] the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather |
| [泥土] crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil |
| [大量,多数,大众,民众] a great number; many |
| [从业者] someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine |
muddle
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| [犁,犁田] break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force |
| [假定,假设,前提] a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it |
| [大量,多数,大众,民众] a great number; many |
| [迷惑的,搞乱了的,混淆了的] make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner |
multitude
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| [消遣,娱乐] something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement |
| [大量,多数,大众,民众] a great number; many |
| [沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的] slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| [多产的,丰富的] producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
obligatory
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| [剽窃] steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| [必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding |
| [沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的] slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| [哺乳动物] warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair |
originate
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| [发生,发起,创办] initiate; invent; bring into being; create |
| [在前的] ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something |
| [多产的,丰富的] producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
| [(使)合并,(使)融合] combine or join together, or to cause things to do this; unite |
ovation
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| [可接受的,美味的] acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
| [热情洋溢的喝彩] enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome |
| [黏液的,分泌黏液的] slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous |
| [小心翼翼的] excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details |
oxide
10
| [垂直落下] fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply |
| [杀虫剂] a chemical used to kill pests |
| [氧化物] any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen |
| [黏液的,分泌黏液的] slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous |